Book: Betrayal in Paris Paul French offers a nuanced view of a complicated history on China at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference No Free Rides in Iraq China is engaging with Iraq under a vision of global responsibility which holds economic engagement as the top priority Hong Kong à la Française Author of Repulse Bay Olivier Lebé considers the allure of Hong Kong to the French and the appeal of disorientation Getting Stuck in for Shanghai Historian Robert Bickers retells the experiences of Britons in Shanghai who went back to Europe to fight in the Great War For the Love of Illusions Economic growth in China has led to a sense of modernity but has yet to satisfy a desire to be culturally modern Begging with a Golden Cup In the tourism hotspot of Lijiang, a fear of vanishing cultural traditions stands in contrast to development goals Book: China Dolls In Lisa See's China Dolls, the lives of three young Chinese-American women are set in the lush world of 1930s San Francisco Connecting to the World U.S. Vice President Henry A. Wallace's utopian vision was arguably the central wellspring of the country's internationalist engagement with China Courage to Liberty The flaunting of cynicism speaks of a culture in which authoritarian tactics have put a sense of morality on the verge of extinction The Lost Soldier of Myitkyina A soldier stuck in Myanmar in the aftermath of World War II, a journalist armed with knowledge of how to find his family and the return to China that brought peace of mind Night in Shanghai Nicole Mones tells the story of a black jazz musician in unbridled Shanghai just before the Second World War Beloved Strangers Maria Chaudhuri's memoir offers a subtle tale of an identity in flux through her chronicles of a childhood spent in Bangladesh to her life in Hong Kong The Iron Auntie Peng Gang was one of the first women to become a People's Liberation Army general and was widely recognized as driving force in fighting corruption Film: How to Describe a Cloud Emotional compromises brought on by care for an ailing mother make for a complex relationship drama in feature film by David Verbeek
Book: China's Second Continent Writer Howard French finds plenty of evidence that Beijing's aid money, its funding for infrastructure and its trade links are making a difference
Fragrant Poetry The city of Hong Kong sculpts its inhabitants through a linguistic landscape filled with mispronunciations, mistranslations and misappropriations all adding richness to the emulsion, writes poet David McKirdy Grand Kabuki The schism in public perceptions between Chinese and Japanese historical narratives is partly the result of revisionist understandings from both sides
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